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Early c1920\'s JM Hays Factory Canvasback Duck Decoy w/ Great Paint and Patina
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Early c1920\'s JM Hays Factory Canvasback Duck Decoy w/ Great Paint and Patina
Price: US $188.50

J.M. Hays Wood Products Factory Canvasback Duck Decoy, Nice Even Wear

Description

Despite being a factory decoy, early 1900\'s birds by the big factory decoy makers like Mason, Peterson, Dodge, and Hays exhibit a grace and style that allows them to remain highly collectible despite being mass produced. This particular Hays canvasback has a long, slender body that measures slightly over-sized at 16\" tip-to-tip. The paint is nicely evenly worn creating a great patina, but still shows the exceptional paint skills of the Hays Factory. Check out the precise and clean swirls around the breast paint, this is what separates factory decoys, as not all early companies took great care with their paint. This particular model is a glass-eye model and it really is exceptional with a deep breast and overall just great form. Bottom has an old aging crack that is stable and evidence of its original rigging. 



Condition Report 


Great even wear. Lots of original paint with some scattered touch up I expect, specifically on the bill. That may indicate a professional bill repair, though I can’t see one. Black-lighting shows that the decoy at one time had a light coat of varnish applied that has since worn down. Rest of condition is as shown.


Originally, I incorrectly listed this decoy as a Mason, but it is obviously a Hays. A major oversight on my part, hence the ending and relisting.

I have done my best to document this decoy through both the text above and the photographs. Please look over all the photos and if you have any questions or request any additional images, please just ask before offerding. I will do my best to accommodate any and all requests. The decoy you are seeing is the exact one you will be getting, therefore, there should be no surprises if you have taken the time to scroll through all the photos and read the text. While I do not generally take returns, I will accept a return if there is something blatant that I missed or failed to disclose. This doesn\'t happen often, in fact it never has to date, as I am generally diligent with my assessment of the decoy and provide detailed photographs, but something could get missed. I am human after all. Unless the decoy is listed in 100% original paint, expect some old hunter touch-up. Almost every single decoy I have for sale was in fact a working decoy part of a larger rig and subject to typical gunning wear including rubs that were typically touched-up between hunting seasons as a way to pass the time during the off-season. Some of these decoys are more than 100 years old and over the course of many hunting seasons it is bound to happen. Overall, I am easy to work with and more than willing to be helpful in any way possible.

Carver\'s Name/History

J.M. Hays Wood Products produced duck decoys from 1921 to 1925 in Jefferson City, Missouri. Differentiating between Hays and Mason factory decoys can be difficult, as both makers produced similar styles of decoys in various models. For Mason, it was paint eye, tack eye, glass eye, and Premier while Hays had models including the Grand Prix (similar to Mason\'s premier) and Superior Grade glass eye decoys. Both factories made quality duck decoys that are great collectors items.


Shipping Information

Each decoy will be carefully packed to ensure no damage occurs in transit, under normal handling practices of course. I strive to ship all items within two business days, but sometimes life gets in the way and it may take an additional day to get the package shipped out to you. I don\'t want the decoy to arrive damaged and neither do you, so if I am short on packaging please understand that the third day, which occurs less than 2% of the time, is most likely due to having to purchase additional peanuts, bubble wrap, or a more adequately sized box. I will also gladly combine shipping typically for less than half of normal postage on the lowest priced shipping charge when two purchases are made, and shipped, at the same time. My shipping charges are as close to actual as I can adequately gauge. I don\'t like to use the shipping calculator as it is often incorrect. Be assured that I am not making money on shipping as supplies like tape, boxes, peanuts, and etc. all quickly add up. In fact, in most cases I am losing $ on shipping, but that is just part of the sellers experience. For international shipments buyers can use \'s Global Shipping Program or contact me for a quote. The choice is yours. In most cases I always ship USPS, but in certain scenarios where a package is heavy or being shipped to the west-coast, UPS may be used. All shipping charges are for the lower 48 states only, shipping to Hawaii or Alaska will incur additional charges.

Terms

Most of my decoys are for sale as a high-buyer gets it in a straight-laced no-reserve sale. I say most because as you see some decoys will have a modest/fair-market reserve. For the most part I am simply cleaning out my current collection and whittling it down to what I want to keep. Call it down-sizing if you will. So to that, I am not interested in taking a major hit and I am OK with keeping them for my own collection. I will also from time to time have a few fixed-price listing for items that I feel are better suited for potentially a singular buyer. I am easy to get along with. If a decoy doesn\'t meet reserve, let\'s talk. I am also always looking for select Ontario-carved decoys, so keep in touch.

*NOTE: As with most sporting collectibles, along with being a great addition to a game room or home decor, vintage decoys have shown to be a sound investment that seldom decrease in value. Each decoy is truly a One-Of-A-Kind item as no two hand-carved decoys are exactly alike and with so few available decoys from each carver, as time passes, they will surely only increase in value

*Be sure to add my to your favorite sellers/searches. I have many more decoys to add from all regions including the Chesapeake Bay, Ontario, Quebec, Michigan, New York, Illinois, the St. Lawrence River, region and the Maritimes in the coming days/weeks from various makers from Ben Schmidt to George Warin to Anger and will always hold shipments to combine shipping.

On Mar-30-18 at 05:40:11 PDT, seller added the following information:

After further review and discussion with other decoy collectors, it has been determined that this IS in fact a Mason Factory decoy. I always felt the paint job was much to nice to be Hays, and that is the case despite the head form not being a traditional Mason style. This is likely an early decoy, hence the different style of head.



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